When Jill finds a rusty sword tip on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued—and little expects it will transport her through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Will a dark enchantment, salty kisses, and a duel with an evil pirate captain leave her stranded in the eighteenth century forever?

Drawing on piratical lore and historical fact, Carrie Vaughn creates a vivid world of swaying masts and swelling seas, where blood magic overrules the laws of nature, romance is in the air, and death can come at the single slip of a sword.

Oh my gosh, time travel, romance, and pirates? YESGIVEMETHEBOOK!!! Hello salty kisses! I love the sound of this book. I’m curious to see how much historical fact is in this book, and if I’ll be able to separate fact from fiction.

In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain and cursed with "the dust of one hundred dogs," dooming her to one hundred lives as a dog before returning to a human body-with her memories intact.

Now she's a contemporary American teenager and all she needs is a shovel and a ride to Jamaica.

What can I say, I love a good pirate story! I’m really intrigued by the curse and how her lives as dogs will play into the book. I’m also hoping for maybe some funny scenes as she adjusts to life as a contemporary teenager while still retaining her memories (and goals) as pirate after treasure. From the description alone, my heart is already breaking at the idea of her losing her one true love. Or does she? This book sounds like nothing I’ve ever read before. Have any of you read it? What did you think?

Oh, man! Now I'm drooling over these books...they sound great! I'm really interested in Steel. I've never read a pirate book so this would be perfect to start with. Thanks for sharing some awesome finds!

Ooooh, this one sounds great! I've seen the cover around the blogosphere quite a lot but I've never seen the description until now, thanks for sharing.I love the idea of pirates within historical fiction and the time travel is an even bigger bonus :D

I'm waiting for Steel, but I'm having mixed feelings about it with everyone anticipating it. I'm scared it won't live up to the hype. But I've had The Dust of 100 Dogs on my radar for a long time. I read one bad review and it scared me off. I'm going to check it out from the library this week and read it. I loved the premise and think it sounds like fun.

HeatherYou did see the pink cover of Hex A Witch and Angel Story with the Red headed Witch on it didn't you? I think you made a comment but I just wanted to make sure you knew, the whole book is pink!